125 Best Cher Quotes Perfect For Your Inner Diva
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With her husband Sonny, they became rock’s 'it' couple by 1967. She began her solo career around the same time and released three singles in 1966.
Cher was originally a member of Black Rose, but eventually turned to a solo career in singing. She went on to make massive hits like 'Believe', 'If I Could Turn Back Time', and 'Half Breed'.
Her biggest hit was 'Believe', this is the song that she is best known for.
She also hosted a comedy show with her then-husband Sonny, which gave birth to some awesome Sonny and Cher quotes. She is hugely famous today for her work across various modes of entertainment, and Cher quotes are super popular too!
Cher has always taken risks and never worried about haters. This is a product of her "if you really want something, make it happen" attitude. These Cher quotes will show how she saw the possibility of being great and took it.
So, are you looking to discover some Cher quotes? Here are some of the best Cher quotes, including Cher movie quotes, Cher music quotes, and funny Cher quotes to help you channel your inner diva and inspire you! This list of the best Cher quotes is sure to inspire budding singers worldwide.
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Powerful Cher Quotes
Ready to discover the best Cher quotes? These Cher quotes prove that she is not scared and always ready to look foolish if needed. Cher quotes also prove that she has more imagination than others in the business. Here is a list of powerful Cher quotes to motivate you!
1. "My mom said to me, 'One day you should settle down and marry a rich man.' I said, 'Mom, I am a rich man.'"
- Cher.
2. "My experience with men is great because I pick them because I like them. I don't need them."
- Cher.
3. "I admire anybody for standing up for what they believe—man or woman, I don't care. Having beliefs—especially if other people don't agree with you—it's difficult in this day and age."
- Cher.
4. "Cause I've had time to think it through, and maybe I'm too good for you."
- Cher, 'Believe'.
5. "Everybody has good things happen and bad things happen, and long stretches where nothing happens at all."
- Cher.
6. "If you don't take it, no one is going to give it to you."
- Cher.
7. "I don't know what else I would be if I wasn't me. I am not looking from the outside, looking back. I am who I am.”
- Cher.
8. “I believe what I believe so I don’t care. I just say what I want.”
- Cher.
9. “I’m really fine with the peaks and valleys. It’s the valleys that make me, force me to reach further."
- Cher.
10. “The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him.”
- Cher.
11. “All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others.”
- Cher.
12. “Anyone who's a great kisser, I'm always interested in.”
- Cher.
13. “Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.”
- Cher.
14. “A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones.”
- Cher.
15. “If grass can grow through cement, love can find you every time.”
- Cher.
16. “I won't be able to do what I'm doing forever.”
- Cher.
17. “Work out! Work out! Old age is coming!”
- Cher.
18. “Fitness - if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body.”
- Cher.
19. “It’s not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It’s not the end-all, be-all of my life.”
- Cher.
20. “I just wanted my daughter to grow up, get married, have children and get divorced like everyone else.”
- Cher.
21. “If you are going to wait for someone to encourage you to do something, you just better give up.”
- Cher.
22. “Don't buy into the idea that women aren't strong enough to do anything they want on their own.”
- Cher.
23. “I am the girl who everyone said was never going anywhere. I guess I shocked a few people.”
- Cher.
24. “There are lots of things that I'd like to be, and nice just doesn't seem good enough.”
- Cher.
25. “I've always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me.”
- Cher.
26. “If you really want something, you can figure out how to make it happen.”
- Cher.
27. “It's my body and if I want to do it like Michael Jackson, I will.”
- Cher.
28. “If you’re waiting for someone to believe in you, you’ll be waiting forever.”
- Cher.
29. “The only thing in the world you can change is yourself and that makes all the difference in the world.”
- Cher.
30. “It’s a dirty job being ridiculous, but I’ll do it.”
- Cher.
31. “Men are a luxury, not necessity.”
- Cher.
32. “If it doesn’t matter in five years, it doesn’t matter.”
- Cher.
33. “Life is about enjoying yourself and having a good time.”
- Cher.
34. “I have a belief: what belongs to you, comes to you.”
- Cher.
35. “Take a deep breath and don’t take any of it too seriously.”
- Cher.
36. “Everyone’s got to have a dream… it’s not reaching your dream that counts. It’s going toward them.”
- Cher.
37. "God made woman beautiful and foolish; beautiful, that man might love her; and foolish, that she might love him."
- Cher.
38. "Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable."
- Cher.
39. "I only answer to two people, myself and God."
- Cher.
40. "Women are the real architects of society."
- Cher.
41. “Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended.”
- Cher.
42. “If you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner.”
- Cher.
43. “Some guy said to me: 'Don't you think you're too old to sing rock n' roll?' I said: 'You'd better check with Mick Jagger.'”
- Cher.
44. “Women have to harness their power - it's absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first 'no.'”
- Cher.
45. “You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again.”
- Cher.
46. “Words are like weapons; they wound sometimes.”
- Cher.
47. “When you stop trying to find the right man and start becoming the right woman, the right man will find his way to you.”
- Cher.
Inspiring Cher Quotes
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48. “Honesty makes me feel powerful in a difficult world.”
- Cher.
49. “Come hell or water high you’ll never see me cry, this is our last goodbye.”
- Cher.
50. “What am I supposed to do, sit around and wait for you? Well, I can’t do that, and there’s no turning back.”
- Cher, 'Believe'.
51. “I felt important and out of control, which I really, really hate. I had to find sanctuary in a place where I could gather my thoughts and regain my strength.”
- Cher.
52. “You can’t just sit around and watch life pass you by.”
- Cher.
53. “Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill.”
- Cher.
54. “Yes, it’s a man’s world, but that’s all right because they’re making a total mess of it.”
- Cher.
55. “I can't do coffee, but I can do Dr. Pepper.”
- Cher.
56. “In my personal life, I’m not very tough at all, but in my professional life, having to deal with being a woman in a man’s world, I’m really tough.”
- Cher.
57. “I never back down from a fight or an argument. I’m willing to stand there toe to toe with anyone.”
- Cher.
58. “I can trust my friends. These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow.”
- Cher.
59. “If someone isn’t pulling their weight, I let them know.”
- Cher.
60. “I don’t know what keeps me down to earth, but it sure isn’t ironing.”
- Cher.
61. “Going hungry never bothered me, it was having no clothes.”
- Cher.
62. “I have done so much more than I thought I would do, and yet I am not finished.”
- Cher.
63. “I love ghosts; I prefer ghosts to some people.”
- Cher.
64. “I wear my clothes, my clothes don’t wear me.”
- Cher.
65. “The only thing about me as a role model is I’ve managed to stay here and be working and survive.”
- Cher.
66. “I've never compromised who I am, not ever. If I've gotten anywhere in my life, it's been on my own merits.”
- Cher.
67. “I don’t need a man, but I’m happier with one. I like to have someone I can touch and squeeze and kiss. But I don’t fold up and die if I don’t have a man around.”
- Cher.
68. “My passion lies with whatever I’m doing at the time… I only see what is in front of me.”
- Cher.
69. “Do you think I would have lasted 48 years if I really cared about what people think?”
- Cher.
70. “Don’t take your toys inside just because it’s raining.”
- Cher.
71. “I’m a nice person but you can’t say yes to everyone.”
- Cher.
72. “Credibility is to be good. You must be good. That’s all I ever wanted – to be good at what I did.”
- Cher.
73. “My mother once said 'If you don’t pay attention to age, then it won’t pay attention to you.' And she says it, and it sounds nice, but I don’t buy it.”
- Cher.
74. “I've been up and down so many times that I feel as if I'm in a revolving door.”
- Cher.
75. “I need time to move on, I need love to feel strong.”
- Cher, 'Believe'.
76. “I’m no featherweight when it comes to digging deep and being involved. So many stars I know do so much. It’s our duty to give back.”
- Cher.
77. “I wish that I did the things that I really believe in, because when I do, my life goes much smoother.”
- Cher.
78. “I keep coming back because I have no place else to go. What else would I do? I love to sing.”
- Cher.
79. “I’ve been famous my entire life, I don’t know any other way.”
- Cher.
80. “I am never offended when I see the drag-queens dressed up like me.”
- Cher.
81. “People are negative no matter what you do.”
- Cher.
82. “Searching for a boy in high school is as useless as searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore movie.”
- Cher.
83. “You see how picky I am about my shoes and they only go on my feet.”
- Cher.
84. “I’m destined to be a woman who makes a lot of money and never has any.”
- Cher.
85. "Performers love to perform - that's the thing that we do.”
- Cher.
86. “I think one of the best things was being able to imagine anything that I wanted, anything that I came up with we could do, because this theater is unbelievable."
- Cher.
87. "For someone who likes tattoos, the most precious thing is bare skin."
- Cher.
88. “My mother and her friends were quite different. They were all the most beautiful women you've ever seen, and they were very strong women."
- Cher.
89. “I don't care. As long as I can look good in it, and feel comfortable in it, then I'm going to do it."
- Cher.
90. "I'm going to die wearing the same things that I love wearing.”
- Cher.
91. "You make good coffee... You're a slob, but you make good coffee."
- Cher.
92. "Do you believe in life after love?"
- Cher, 'Believe'.
93. “I would have gone home to my mother, but I'm not that crazy about my mother.”
- Cher.
Meaningful Cher Quotes
Ready for the final installment of Cher quotes? If you’re wondering why Cher isn't in the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame yet, you’re not alone.
She’s supremely talented and, of course, wise as seen in these Cher quotes. If you don’t think so, check these meaningful Cher quotes to see for yourself. Which of these Cher quotes is your favorite?
94. “One thing about prejudices - once you break one of them, you're screwed, because then they all have got to go.”
- Cher.
95. “Singing is like going to a party at someone else's house. Acting is like having the party at your house.”
- Cher.
96. “I feel like a bumper car. If I hit a wall, I’m backing up and going in another direction.”
- Cher.
97. “I’ve hit plenty of walls in my career. But I’m not stopping.”
- Cher.
98. “I hope you find it, what you’re looking for.”
- Cher.
99. “I think maybe that’s my best quality: I just don’t stop.”
- Cher.
100. “I say things all the time that I could really get into trouble for, but they kind of blow over.”
- Cher.
101. “If I could turn back time, if I could find a way
I'd take back those words that've hurt you, you'd stay.”
- Cher, 'Turn Back Time'.
102. “Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.”
- Cher.
103. “If I could reach the stars, I'd give 'em all to you”
- Cher, 'Turn Back Time'.
104. “To me, marriage is for five or ten years.”
- Cher.
105. “So let them say your hair's too long
Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong"
- Sonny And Cher, 'I Got You Babe'.
106. “If you can give it, I can take it 'Cause if this heart is gonna break it's gonna take a lot to break it.”
- Cher, 'Just Like Jesse James'.
107. “Some years I'm the coolest thing that ever happened, and then the next year everyone's so over me, and I'm just so past my sell date.”
- Cher.
108. “Baby don't go, pretty baby please don't go
I love you so, pretty baby please don't go.”
- Sonny And Cher, 'Baby Don't Go'.
109. “I wouldn't mind living with someone forever.”
- Cher.
110. “I don't really want to get married. I don't see any reason for it.”
- Cher.
111. “I'm so romantic that every time I think I meet someone, I want to live with them forever and ever.”
- Cher.
112. “Someone once said 'The only thing that will be left after a nuclear holocaust is Cher and cockroaches.'"
- Cher.
113. “I am a survivor. If I am anything, that's what I am.”
- Cher.
114. “Women, unlike most men, are able to accept mystery.”
- Cher.
115. “You know, honey, husbands come and go but I'm still Cher at the end of the day.”
- Cher.
116. “Younger men are more supportive and a lot less demanding.”
- Cher.
117. “I am a part of history whether people want to take it seriously or not.”
- Cher.
118. “Sometimes I don't tell the truth, which is telling the truth about not telling the truth.”
- Cher.
119. “I think people don't tell the truth when they're afraid that something bad's going to happen if they tell the truth.”
- Cher.
120. “I say things all the time that I could really get into trouble for, but they kind of blow over.”
- Cher.
121. “I want to be really special, I want to be really good.”
- Cher.
122. “It's not enough to be famous for me. Famous is empty so quickly, it's not what people think it is.”
- Cher.
123. “The truth is that in my job, becoming old and becoming extinct are one and the same thing.”
- Cher.
124. “There is only one value to having the look you have when you are young and no value to the look you have when you are older.”
- Cher.
125. “I'm going to have wrinkles really soon.”
- Cher.
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